Blizzard batters U.S. heartland, spreads snowy mess into the Midwest

We here in Central Indiana are getting freezing rain right now. I haven't looked at a weather map yet today, but, I'm sure my ride home at 12:30 A.M.
will be quite fun.
Last week, the freakiest thing I ever seen, A ride home from work for me is 15 minutes. It was pouring down rain when I left work, half way home I
swore it was snowing, I turned on the last road to my house, and it was almost a complete white out. First time in my almost 40 yrs. have I ever
experienced that.
Of course, my mother in law lives 5 minutes away, we can get 2 inches of rain, while she only get a little wet, or vice-a-versa. Pretty wild for
sure.

goouu111's pic of the caved in roof brings up another good point regarding how cities' infrastructures grow up around "usual" climate.

In Colorado (see prior posts), especially the parts that have feet of snow every year, the roofs and buildings are built to withstand things. Just
like cities near the water are sometimes on stilts, and in earthquake areas are built with quake-ready skeletons. In the prairies, lines of trees are
planted to block north winds. Every climate has its own "personality", and structures are built to withstand them.

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